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STOKES v. SUPERINTENDENT, MASS. CORRECTIONAL INST.

389 Mass. 883 (1983)

452 N.E.2d 1123

RONALD A.X. STOKES vs. SUPERINTENDENT, MASSACHUSETTS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, WALPOLE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Luzier, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Nonnie S. Burnes (Thomas D. Griffith with her) for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

NOLAN, J.

A judge of the Superior Court ordered the Superintendent of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole (MCI, Walpole) to release Stokes from the Departmental Segregation Unit (DSU) at MCI, Walpole, because the superintendent did not provide Stokes a status review hearing within ninety days after he was transferred to the DSU. The superintendent appealed. We granted the superintendent's application for direct appellate review. Because we conclude...

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